‘Making People Laugh Is A Big Job’

‘When
a
child
is
born,
he
is
born
crying,
and
he
grows
up
looking
for
laughter.’
‘So
comedy
films
should
be
made
more,
as
people
want
to
watch
comedy
films.’

Raaj
Shaandilyaa
wants
to
make
people
laugh,
and
that’s
one
of
the
reasons
why
he
made
his
new
film,

Vicky
Vidya
Ka
Woh
Wala
Video.

“Over
the
years,
there
have
been
many
such
cases
where
someone’s
video
gets
leaked,
someone’s
CD
gets
leaked,
someone’s
MMS
gets
made…
it
has
happened
in
the
film
industry
as
well,
see
what
happened
to
Pamela
Anderson
and
her
husband,”
Raaj
tells

Subhash
K
Jha.

Just
days
before
the
release
you
had
litigation
claiming
that
your
film
was
a
copy
of
a
2015
project?

Har
Taj
Mahal

bante
hi
kuch
nakli
Shahjahan

apna
haq
jamaane
aa
hi
jaate
hain.
Humne
legally
reply

kiya
hai.
Iss
Taj
Mahal

ke
majdoor
bhi
hum
hain
aur
Shahjahan

bhi
hum.

After
two
back-to-back
hits
with
Ayushmann
Khurrana
(the

Dream
Girl
movies),
why
Rajkummar
Rao?

I
wanted
to
work
with
Rajkummar
from
the
beginning.

I
am
a
big
fan
of
his.

The
character
Vicky
comes
from
a
small
town
and
loves
a
girl.
It’s
a
story
of
1997,
so
I
found
Rajkummar
a
better
fit
than
any
other
actor.

Vicky
Vidya
Ka
Woh
Wala
Video
released
alongside

Jigra.

Yes.
I
am
a
huge
fan
of
Alia
Bhatt.

I
really
want
to
work
with
her
and
am
very
happy
that
both
films
are
released
on
the
same
day.

They
are
different
films.

Our
film
is
a
comedy.
Theirs
is
a
revenge
drama
and
action.

People
should
love
both
films;
both
are
good
for
the
box
office.

Do
you
feel
laughter
to
be
the
need
of
the
hour?

I
have
been
doing
it
since
the
beginning.

Even
when
a
child
is
born,
he
is
born
crying,
and
he
grows
up
looking
for
laughter.

So
comedy
films
should
be
made
more,
as
people
want
to
watch
comedy
films.

I
feel
making
people
laugh
is
a
big
job
and
I
should
be
able
to
do
whatever
I
can
to
bring
laughter
into
our
lives.

Are
you
working
with
Ayushmann
again?

Of
course.
I
am
writing
something
for
him,
as
soon
as
it
gets
completed,
will
let
you
know.

How
do
you
manage
to
do
comedy
without
sleaze?

I
try
not
to
write
something
that
the
family
cannot
watch.

There
are
some
things
which
we
cannot
do
it
in
front
of
our
family
members
or
relatives,
we
cannot
show
them
in
a
movie.
I
always
try
to
reach
out
to
people
in
a
light
way.

Your
film
has
been
marketed
well.

I
don’t
know
about
marketing,
I
know
about
karma,
so
I
work
very
hard.

The
film
gives
us
a
new
thought,
which
has
perhaps
not
been
shown
before.

It
is
a
good
comedy,
has
a
good
message,
there
is
a
responsibility
for
the
youth.

This
is
not
just
that
kind
of
movie
in
which
people
laugh
and
go
away.

Every
year,
many
people
commit
suicide.
They
suffer
loss
in
many
ways.

So
it
was
very
important
for
such
a
subject
to
reach
people,
whether
it
reaches
through
music
or
dialogue
or
even
our
interviews.

Over
the
years,
there
have
been
many
such
cases
where
someone’s
video
gets
leaked,
someone’s
CD
gets
leaked,
someone’s
MMS
gets
made…
it
has
happened
in
the
film
industry
as
well,
see
what
happened
to
Pamela
Anderson
and
her
husband.
So
there
have
been
a
lot
of
such
cases
of
leaked
videos.